#!/usr/bin/env perl # A simple TCP client that sends some data and expects a response. # Usage: tcp_client.pl HOSTNAME PORT DATA1 RESPONSE1 # DATA: hex-encoded data to send to the server # RESPONSE: regexp that must match the server's response use warnings; use strict; use IO::Socket::INET; # Pack hex digits into a binary string, ignoring whitespace. sub parse_hex { my ($hex) = @_; $hex =~ s/\s+//g; return pack('H*', $hex); } ## Open a TCP connection to the specified host and port. sub open_connection { my ($host, $port) = @_; my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => $port, Proto => 'tcp', Timeout => 1); die "Cannot connect to $host:$port: $!" unless $socket; return $socket; } ## Close the TCP connection. sub close_connection { my ($connection) = @_; $connection->shutdown(2); # Ignore shutdown failures (at least for now) return 1; } ## Write the given data, expressed as hexadecimal sub write_data { my ($connection, $hexdata) = @_; my $data = parse_hex($hexdata); my $total_sent = 0; while ($total_sent < length($data)) { my $sent = $connection->send($data, 0); if (!defined $sent) { die "Unable to send data: $!"; } $total_sent += $sent; } return 1; } ## Read a response and check it against an expected prefix sub read_response { my ($connection, $expected_hex) = @_; my $expected_data = parse_hex($expected_hex); my $start_offset = 0; while ($start_offset < length($expected_data)) { my $actual_data; my $ok = $connection->recv($actual_data, length($expected_data)); if (!defined $ok) { die "Unable to receive data: $!"; } if (($actual_data ^ substr($expected_data, $start_offset)) =~ /[^\000]/) { printf STDERR ("Received \\x%02x instead of \\x%02x at offset %d\n", ord(substr($actual_data, $-[0], 1)), ord(substr($expected_data, $start_offset + $-[0], 1)), $start_offset + $-[0]); return 0; } $start_offset += length($actual_data); } return 1; } if (@ARGV != 4) { print STDERR "Usage: $0 HOSTNAME PORT DATA1 RESPONSE1\n"; exit(3); } my ($host, $port, $data1, $response1) = @ARGV; my $connection = open_connection($host, $port); write_data($connection, $data1); if (!read_response($connection, $response1)) { exit(1); } close_connection($connection);